Means for drawing in loose loops of thread in superposed layers of fabric



June 4, 1940. ,J SEDLMAlR 2,203,031

MEANS FOR DRAWING IN LOOSE LOOPS OF THREAD Ifi SUPERPOSED LAYERS OF FABRIC Filed Jan. 15, 1938 Fig?! Avg. 4%?

Trap/r593 Patented June 4, 1940 THREAD IN SUPERPOSED LAYERS FABRIC Josef Sedlmair, Munich, Germany, assignor to Adolf Rosenberger, Paris, France Application January 15, 1938, Serial No. 185,098 In Germany January 19, 1937 5 Claims.

The present invention relates to an appliance for drawing in stitches, a so-called thread drawer-in, for drawing in loose loops of thread in superposed layers of textile fabric.

The invention consists in a carrier for the needle or hook with which the stitch is drawn in, this needle or hook being directly secured to the said carrier and having a handle arranged on it. On this carrier 2. stirrup is preferably provided for supporting purposes. This supporting stirrup may be provided with one or more supporting Wheels, to enable the device to rest thereon While working. The handle itself projects rearwards, and forms an angle of about with the line joining the supporting stirrup to the point at which the needle is secured. On the stirrup itself there may also be provided a gallows-like carrier, which serves for carrying the reel of thread. The supporting stirrup may moreover be so constructed that the longitudinal portion of the appliance exhibits a bend or are of appropriate form and position, to which the guiding wheel is fitted at a suitable point. This supporting point constitutes the guide and at the same time the pivot for the appliance, the apparatus being rocked in a sewing movement upon this pivot when drawing in stitches. To the front end of the longitudinal member is fitted a conveniently arranged rockable needleholder, which enables the stitches to be drawn in in various positions of the needle, so that the thread can be drawn in forwards and backwards in any position along lines previously marked upon the fabric, with chalk for instance, without the position of the piece of material having to be changed. The rockable needle-holder has the advantage that it enables the needle to be brought into a suitable position for drawing in stitches andfor threading. The supporting stirrup may advantageously be of such curvature that it .can constitute a guiding and rocking point for the apparatus even without a wheel. The appliance, in this cheap and simple construction, constitutes an exceedingly advantageous and convenient implement for tailors and dressmakers, the manipulation of which is not tiring. The apparatus may be equipped with.

one or more needles, to enable embroidery and similar work to be done with it. The needle may be made rockable, so that it can be employed as an awl-like implement.

' The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 shows the apparatus in side elevation,

Figure 1 shows an enlarged cross-section of a portion of the needle shown in Figure 1,

Figure 2 shows a front elevation,

Figure 3 shows a modified form of the apparatus, and

Figure 4 shows a further modification, with a curved longitudinal member.

On a longitudinal member I there is provided on the front portion a clamp 2, in which a needle 3 is secured. The needle 3 and the clamp 2 are oscillatably adjustable about a pivot 4. At the rear end of the carrier l a handle 5 is provided, or else the carrier itself is constructed as a handle. On the carrier I is also mounted a supporting or guiding stirrup 6. Alternatively this supporting or guiding stirrup may be formed as a bend in the frame I, as shown in Fig. 4. On the'supporting or guiding stirrup 6 a guiding wheel I may be provided, so that the device may be supported either directly upon the stirrup or else upon the wheel or roller 1. The needle and the wheel or disc I are in somewhat staggered relationship to one another, so as to facilitate viewing the work in progress. Considering a line joining the axis of the pivot 8 of the wheel I and the axis of the pivot 4 of the needle, the direction of the handle, that is to say, the angle which the handle makes with this line, is about 25 to 0n the carrier I or on the handle 5 is provided a gallows-like resilient curved memher or stirrup ID, from which a spool of thread i I is suspended. This stirrup II), with the spool of thread H, may under some circumstances be omitted.

As will be readily seen from Fig. 1 the needle 3 is so constructed that when inserted into the cloth that portion of the thread below the eye will be pressed between the cloth and the needle whereas the thread above the eye lies in a recess in the needle. As a result thereof, thread will be drawn from the spool during insertion of the needle into the cloth. Furthermore, upon withdrawal of the needle, the thread will remain in the cloth in the form of a loop.

An important feature of the invention is that the device may be operated with one hand, leaving the other hand free to hold the cloth. This one hand operation is possible because all the necessary movements for inserting and withdrawing the needle are accomplished by rocking the device about its support point, which can be done with one hand.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

1. A stitching appliance comprising an integral member having a handle portion at one end and a needle holder at its other end, a depending foot intermediate said ends, and a needle in said holder directed towards said depending foot, whereby said needle may be inserted and withdrawn into and from a work piece upon oscillation of said appliance about said foot.

2. The combination according to claim 1, in combination with a spool support removably attached to said integral member.

3. The combination according to claim 1, in combination with a roller mounted on said foot for engaging said work piece.

4. A stitching appliance comprising a member having a handle portion and a needle holder rigidly connected therewith, a depending foot, and a needle in said holder directed towards said depending foot, whereby said needle may be inserted and withdrawn into and from a Work piece upon oscillation of said appliance about said foot.

5. An appliance for drawing in loose loops of of said needle about said abutment device upon actuation of the handle for insertion and withdrawal of said needle into and from said material.

JOSEF SEDLMAIR. 

